Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-14844
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A flaw was found in, Fedora versions of krb5 from 1.16.1 to, including 1.17.x, in the way a Kerberos client could crash the KDC by sending one of the RFC 4556 "enctypes". A remote unauthenticated user could use this flaw to crash the KDC.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 6 | |
OS | 3 |
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-2323661E5F.NASL description Fix KDC crash when logging PKINIT enctypes (CVE-2019-14844) This is a purely denial-of-service issue, though it is unauthenticated, and is unlikely to trigger by accident. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 129608 published 2019-10-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129608 title Fedora 31 : krb5 (2019-2323661e5f) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2019-2323661e5f. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(129608); script_version("1.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/23"); script_cve_id("CVE-2019-14844"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2019-2323661e5f"); script_name(english:"Fedora 31 : krb5 (2019-2323661e5f)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Fix KDC crash when logging PKINIT enctypes (CVE-2019-14844) This is a purely denial-of-service issue, though it is unauthenticated, and is unlikely to trigger by accident. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-2323661e5f" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected krb5 package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:krb5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/09/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/09/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/10/07"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^31([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 31", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC31", reference:"krb5-1.17-45.fc31")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "krb5"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-DC4E1D0FB6.NASL description Fix KDC crash when logging PKINIT enctypes (CVE-2019-14844) This is a purely denial-of-service issue, though it is unauthenticated, and is unlikely to trigger by accident. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 129803 published 2019-10-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129803 title Fedora 29 : krb5 (2019-dc4e1d0fb6) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2019-dc4e1d0fb6. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(129803); script_version("1.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/19"); script_cve_id("CVE-2019-14844"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2019-dc4e1d0fb6"); script_name(english:"Fedora 29 : krb5 (2019-dc4e1d0fb6)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Fix KDC crash when logging PKINIT enctypes (CVE-2019-14844) This is a purely denial-of-service issue, though it is unauthenticated, and is unlikely to trigger by accident. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-dc4e1d0fb6" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected krb5 package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:krb5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/09/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/10/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/10/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^29([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 29", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC29", reference:"krb5-1.16.1-26.fc29")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "krb5"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-320A5A6A68.NASL description Fix KDC crash when logging PKINIT enctypes (CVE-2019-14844) This is a purely denial-of-service issue, though it is unauthenticated, and is unlikely to trigger by accident. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 129418 published 2019-09-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129418 title Fedora 30 : krb5 (2019-320a5a6a68)
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14844
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14844
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/981
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/981
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/54ZYKEJZ77BXZWGF4NEVKC33ESVROEYC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/54ZYKEJZ77BXZWGF4NEVKC33ESVROEYC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4LS5PIJOCNOUZGLO2OBT6GY334PUOSW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4LS5PIJOCNOUZGLO2OBT6GY334PUOSW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDE2QOKK4I4TV4WV74ZQWICZ4HJN2MOK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDE2QOKK4I4TV4WV74ZQWICZ4HJN2MOK/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0003/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0003/